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A. TROLLER.

WATCH MOVEMENT BOX. N0. 359,946. Patented Mar. 22, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Einen.

ALBERT TROLLER, OF- ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE ROCKFORD W'ATCHCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WATCH-MOVEMENT BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,946, dated March22, 1867.

Application filed December 13, 1886. Serial No. 221,465. (No model.)

T all whom, 1125 may concern: is provided with a screw-thread, c, whichen- Be it known that I, ALBERT TROLLER, regages with the screw-thread aon the rim A. siding at Rockford, in the county of Winne- Thescrew-threads a c are left-handed. hago and State of Illinois, andacitizen ot the The form of the under side 'of the center 55 UnitedStates, have invented a new and userim, A, is clearly shown in Figs. land 3, and ful Improvement in fetch-Movement Boxes, such under side isprovided with an annular of whichthe following is a full description,groove or recess, d. reference being had to the accompanying C is anannular disk or ring provided on its drawings, in which#- upper surfacewith a crowngear or rack, e, 6o 1o Figurelisaverticalsection. Fig.2isadeextending around the entire ring or disk. tail showing the outside of aportion of the This ring C is so formed that the crown-teeth box, someparts being cnt away. Fig. 3 is a enter the recess d in the rim A.detail, being an under side view of that por- D is the back bezel, whichis provided with tion of the center rim which is shown, the aprojection, f, the inside of which is screw- 15 back bezel and annulardisk, with gear atthreaded and engages with screw-threads gon tached,being removed, the winding-pinion a downwardprojection from thecenterrim, A. being in view. Fig. Lisa detail, being aplan Thesescrew-threads f r/ are also left-handed. of a portion of the annulardisk with its gear. The ring C is of such size that when the bezel Fig.5 is a detail, being an elevation of the D is screwed to its place thering C can be 7o zo plug. Fig. 6 is a detail, being an elevation ofeasily rotated by taking hold oi the projectthe socket which enters thewinding-pinion. ing rim kthercon, the outer edge of which rim Fig. 7 isa detail, beingasectional perspective h may, for convenience, be rough.

of the partsshown in elevation in Fig. 6. Fig. E F are glasses set inthe two bezels B D. 8 is a detail, being an elevation of the wind- 'i isthe winding-pinion, which is located in 73 2 5 ing-key. Fig. 9 is adetail showing the wind a recess provided for it in the center rim, A.,

ing-pinion. Fig. l0 is a detail, being an in- The center of this pinionis, as shown, proside view of aportion of the center rim, showvided witha square hole, j. ing a recess in the upper edge to receive the 7a isasocket-piece, which, as shown, is round setting-lever oi' a watchmovement. The lat its two ends; but the central portion is 8c 3o figuresare all enlarged. square to t the hole j in the pinion. This It iscommon to place stem-winding watchsocket-piece 7.: is hollow, the outerend of the movements in so-called movementboxes hole through it isround, andthe inner end is provided with glass faces, mainly for the pursquare, as shown in Fig. 7.

pose of exhibiting such movements for sale. lis the winding-key. 3 5Heretofore such boxes have been so conm is a screw-threaded plug fittinga screwstructed that it is necessary to open a box and threaded hole inthe central rim, A, which rim remove the movement to wind the same. isprovided with a hole adapted to receive the The object of my inventionis to provide a socket-piece t'. The pinion i is so arrangedmovement-box so constructed that the stemthat it engages with the teethe on the rim C. go 4o winding movement can be wound without The pinioncan be inserted into the recess opening the box and removing themovement prepared for it from either side. Then the therefrom, which Iaccomplish as illustrated socketpiece1c can be inserted through the holein the drawings, and as hereinafter described. in the rim into thepinion Then the key Z That which I claim as new will be pointed ont canbe inserted into the socket-piece 7.1. Then 45 in the claims. the plug mis to be screwed to place, and the In the drawings, A representsa centerrim, pinion i, the socketpicce 7c, and the key Zwill which forms themain part of the body of the be heldin place. The bezel B is to be putinto box. The upper portion of this rim is cnt position and screwed toplace, and the ring C away, and is provided with a screwthread, a. is tobe placed in proper position, as indicated roo 5o B is the front bezel,provided on the under in the drawings, its gear-teeth engaging with sidewith a projection, o, the inside of which the pinion fi, and then thebezel D is to be screwed to place, by which the ring C willzbe held inplace, but not so firmly as to be pre-` vented from being rotatedreadily.

When the parts are pnt together as described, the box is complete andready for ilse.` By removing the bezel B the Watch-movement can beinserted in the box and the key Z be madeto enter the winding-pinion ofthe Watch. Then the bezel B is to be replaced. The watchmovement in thebox can now be wound at any time by rotating the ring C, the teeth ofwhich engage with the pinion i', causing it andthe keyZ to rotate, andthe key being engaged, as described, with the winding-pinion of theWatch, the watch will be Wound. If the Watch which is placed in thismovement-box has a projecting key, as is sometimes the case, the keylmust be omitted, and the key which projects from the movement can bemade to enter the inner end of the socket-piece k, and then suchmovement can be wound, as before described.

I provide the upper edge of the center rim with a recess adapted toreceive the settinglever of a stem-Winding Watch, so that by removingthe front bezel the setting-lever canbe adjusted to the proper positionfor setting the hands Without removing the movement from the box, andthen by rotating the disk C the The' recess last mentioned l hands canbeset.

is shown in Fig. 10, (indicated by u.)

Boxes containing my improvements may be made of various sizes,corresponding with the sizes of the movements which they are de-y signedto receive.

My movement-box may be permanently nsed as a Watch-case with a movement,and, if 1desired, the rim A may be provided with astem or ring toreceive one end of a Watch-chainy or myimprovements may be applied to awatchi,

case Without materiallychangng the devices which I have describedn Idonot limit myself to the exact means described for securing the front andback bezels i i box, of a center rim, A, a pinion located in a;

recess in said rim and provided with a socket adapted. toreceive a keyfor a stem-Winding watch, and an annular disk, C, providedwvith;

a crown-gear engaging with the pinion,:sub stantially as and fortheipnrpose specified.

2. A Watch-movement box consisting of @a central rim, a pinion locatedin a recess in said i rim and provided Witha socket to receive a keyfora stem-Winding Watch, an annular disk provided with crowngear toengage With such pinion, a front bezel, and a back bezel,{sublstantially as and for the purpose specied.

ALBERT TROLLER.l

lVitnesses:

NVILLIAM LATHROP, EDWARD P. LATHROP.v

